Parents' Sabbath on November 7 Dmitrievskaya Dimitrievskaya's parents' Sabbath is the closest Saturday before the day of remembrance of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki (October 26 / November 8), unless a vigil or Polyalos holiday coincides with this Sabbath. If there is such a coincidence, the commemoration is transferred to the Shabbat that preceded the Shabbat before the day of remembrance of the Holy One, blessed be He. Dimitri. Installed after the Battle of Kolibo Field. Initially, a commemoration was held for all the soldiers who were killed in this battle. Gradually, Shabbat Dimitrievskaya became a day of commemoration of all deceased Orthodox Christians. Dmitrievskaya Shabbat was founded by Grand Duke Dmitri Donskoi. After winning the famous victory on the Kulikovo field over Mamai on September 8, 1380, Dimitri Ioanovich, upon his return from the battlefield, visited the Trinity-Sergius Monastery. The monk Sergius of Radonezh, the abbot, blessed him earlier for the battle with the infidels and gave him two monks from among his brothers - Alexander Presbet and Andrey Usliavia. Both monks fell in battle and were buried near the walls of the Church of the Nativity of the Holy Mary in the old Simonov Monastery. In the Trinity Monastery, the Orthodox soldiers who fell in the battle of Kulikovo were commemorated in a funeral ceremony and a joint meal. Over time, a tradition developed to hold such a commemoration every year. More than 250 thousand soldiers who fought for the homeland did not return from Kulikovo field. Along with the joy of victory came the sorrow of loss for their families, and this private parents' day actually became a universal day of remembrance in Russia. Since then, on the Saturday before October 26 / November 8 - the memorial day of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica (the name day of Demetrius of Donskoi himself) - funeral services were held everywhere in Rus'. After that, on this day they began to commemorate not only the soldiers who gave their lives on the battlefield for their faith and homeland, but also all the Orthodox Christians who died.

Parents' Sabbath on November 7 Dmitrievskaya Dimitrievskaya's parents' Sabbath is the closest Saturday before the day of remembrance of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki (October 26 / November 8), unless a vigil or Polyalos holiday coincides with this Sabbath. If there is such a coincidence, the commemoration is transferred to the Shabbat that preceded the Shabbat before the day of remembrance of the Holy One, blessed be He. Dimitri. Installed after the Battle of Kolibo Field. Initially, a commemoration was held for all the soldiers who were killed in this battle. Gradually, Shabbat Dimitrievskaya became a day of commemoration of all deceased Orthodox Christians. Dmitrievskaya Shabbat was founded by Grand Duke Dmitri Donskoi. After winning the famous victory on the Kulikovo field over Mamai on September 8, 1380, Dimitri Ioanovich, upon his return from the battlefield, visited the Trinity-Sergius Monastery. The monk Sergius of Radonezh, the abbot, blessed him earlier for the battle with the infidels and gave him two monks from among his brothers - Alexander Presbet and Andrey Usliavia. Both monks fell in battle and were buried near the walls of the Church of the Nativity of the Holy Mary in the old Simonov Monastery. In the Trinity Monastery, the Orthodox soldiers who fell in the battle of Kulikovo were commemorated in a funeral ceremony and a joint meal. Over time, a tradition developed to hold such a commemoration every year. More than 250 thousand soldiers who fought for the homeland did not return from Kulikovo field. Along with the joy of victory came the sorrow of loss for their families, and this private parents' day actually became a universal day of remembrance in Russia. Since then, on the Saturday before October 26 / November 8 - the memorial day of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica (the name day of Demetrius of Donskoi himself) - funeral services were held everywhere in Rus'. After that, on this day they began to commemorate not only the soldiers who gave their lives on the battlefield for their faith and homeland, but also all the Orthodox Christians who died.